Monday, June 18, 2012
Magento Show Top Navigation with Thumnail
1.Add new function getThumbnailUrl in Mage\Catalog\Model\Category.php
public function getThumbnailUrl()
{
$url = false;
if ($image = $this->getThumbnail()) {
$url = Mage::getBaseUrl('media').'catalog/category/'.$image;
}
return $url;
}
2.Add new function getThumbnailUrl in Mage\Catalog\Block\Navigation.php
public function getThumbnailUrl($category)
{
return Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($category->getId())->getThumbnailUrl();
}
3. Use getThumbnailUrl to show thumnail in top navigation
Use as:
Open app\code\core\Mage\Catalog\Block\Navigation.php, then serach for html generate _renderCategoryMenuItemHtml method, here you can change html as
Replace $html[] = '<span>' . $this->escapeHtml($category->getName()) . '</span>';
with
$html[] = '<img src="'.$this->getThumbnailUrl($category).'" alt="'. $this->escapeHtml($category->getName()).'" />';
public function getThumbnailUrl()
{
$url = false;
if ($image = $this->getThumbnail()) {
$url = Mage::getBaseUrl('media').'catalog/category/'.$image;
}
return $url;
}
2.Add new function getThumbnailUrl in Mage\Catalog\Block\Navigation.php
public function getThumbnailUrl($category)
{
return Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load($category->getId())->getThumbnailUrl();
}
3. Use getThumbnailUrl to show thumnail in top navigation
Use as:
Open app\code\core\Mage\Catalog\Block\Navigation.php, then serach for html generate _renderCategoryMenuItemHtml method, here you can change html as
Replace $html[] = '<span>' . $this->escapeHtml($category->getName()) . '</span>';
with
$html[] = '<img src="'.$this->getThumbnailUrl($category).'" alt="'. $this->escapeHtml($category->getName()).'" />';
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3 comments:
Good tip
Reply DeleteAnd how and where to call these methods?
Reply DeleteHey, i have added the solution in post.
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